Development of the Arctic Research Mapping Application (ARMAP): Interoperability challenges and solutions

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1735-1742

  Walker Johnson, G ^a   Gaylord, Allison G ^b   Franco, Juan C ^a   Cody, Ryan P ^a   Brady, Jerald J ^a   Manley, William ^c   Dover, Mike ^d   Garcia Lavigne, Diana ^d   Score, Roberta ^d   Tweedie, Craig E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^b Nuna Technologies   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d CH2M HILL   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic science; Geographic information system; Geospatial cyberinfrastructure; Spatial data infrastructure; Virtual globes; WebGIS

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC SCIENCE; GEO-SPATIAL; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION; SPATIAL DATA INFRASTRUCTURE; VIRTUAL GLOBES; WEB-GIS;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MANAGEMENT; METADATA; RESEARCH; SEARCH ENGINES; SOFTWARE PACKAGES; STANDARDS; USER INTERFACES; WEB SERVICES;

INTEROPERABILITY;

ACCESSIBILITY; DATABASE; GIS; INTERNET; LOGISTICS; MAPPING METHOD; SOFTWARE; SPATIAL DATA;

ARCTIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80054927961     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2011.04.004     Document Type: Article

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